Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool ran an account by Mark Brooks, who pulled out of attending la Mole Comic Con this past weekend at the last minute, over coronavirus concerns, and the insults he received from the organisers as a result. We also ran an apology post by La Mole Comic Con CEO Elias Ortiz, […]
Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on a Facebook Live video from La Mole Comic Con of Mexico that ran last weekend, in which Mark Brooks, among other comic creators, were insulted over their last-minute decision not to travel to Mexico for the show, in the light of the coronavirus pandemic . A number of prominent […]
Comic book artist and cover artist extraordinaire, Mark Brooks, was to attend La Mole Comic Con, the biggest comic con in Mexico, and one of the biggest in the Americas, this past weekend but he decided to pull out. But then things went further south. Yesterday he posted in a public post to Facebook, A […]
Red Border is one of AWA Studio's launch titles. Crime novelist Jason Starr and artist Will Conrad create a visceral up-to-the-minute thriller about a middle-class Mexican couple on the run from the Cartel. Things do not get better when they reach the US border. In fact, things might be even worse. AWA released a trailer […]
Netflix's Narcos: Mexico has locked in February 13, 2020, for Diego Luna (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Scoot McNairy's (True Detective) return for the show's second season. Luna returns as Félix Gallardo, the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel and founder of the modern Mexican drug trade. McNairy's DEA Agent Walt Breslin is an […]
Fans of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty counted down the months and days until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's animated mayhem returned to their screens. That wait ended early last month with season premiere "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat" (reviewed here), where we got a crash course in "death crystals" and gained a deeper […]
Showtime's sequel series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is welcoming Halt and Catch Fire star Kerry Bishé to the series in a lead role. Bishé joins Daniel Zovatto, Natalie Dormer, Jessica Garza, Johnathan Nieves, Nathan Lane, Adriana Barraza and Rory Kinnear on the follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series' creator, writer and executive producer John Logan. Paco Cabezas (American Gods, Deadly Class) […]
Showtime's sequel series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels may be set in the '30s, but its latest casting news definitely sounds a lot more Modern: award-winning stage/screen star Nathan Lane (Modern Family, Angels in America) is joining Daniel Zovatto, Natalie Dormer, Jessica Garza, and Johnathan Nieves on the follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series' creator, […]
Some exciting casting news for all of the "Dreadfuls" out there: Showtime's sequel series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels has cast The Purge alumna Jessica Garza and Johnathan Nieves (New Amsterdam) as series regulars. Garza and Nieves join Daniel Zovatto (Fear the Walking Dead) on the follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series' creator, writer and […]
If it feels like to you that everyone and their mothers is starting up a streaming servcie in 2019/2020, you're not alone. Just look at the services that are either currently in-play or on the horizon: NBCUniversal, Apple, Disney+, and WarnerMedia are gearing up their respective services–and let's not forget YouTube Premium, Amazon, Hulu… and probably […]
Unboxing Toy Con is going on right now in Mexico, and Hasbro is there not only with a booth presence, but also doing full panels and reveals. Members of the Star Wars and Marvel Legends teams were on hand, and they each had new figures to show off to the crowd. They mentioned a couple […]
Springboarding off the sucess of series like Castlevania, Netflix is broadening its anime horizons internationally with original anime Seis Manos, Deadline Hollywood reports. Set to launch globally in 2019 from Viz Media LLC and Powerhouse Animation, Seis Manos is the streaming service's first original anime set in Mexico. Powerhouse CEO Brad Graeber and writer Alvaro Rodriguez (Machete, From Dusk […]
Another pro wrestler has found himself in the hot seat for making disparaging remarks about Mexico. This time, it's indie darling Zack Sabre Jr., who made the comments during an in-character interview for NJPW. "Suzuki-gun, we're taking over," Sabre said, according to a report from Pro Wrestling Sheet. "We'll take over England. We'll take over […]
Netflix is set to unleash a third season of international reality competition series Ultimate Beastmaster; with the next round featuring more than 100 contestants from nine countries and a number of well-known names such as MMA fighter/professional wrestler C.M. Punk stepping in to help Tiki Barber and Anderson Silva with hosting responsibilities. But with the renewal […]
Move over "Pigs in Space", because you have some stiff competition in the whole space-faring animals category. British production company CAKE, Australia's Studio Moshi, Mexico's Ánima and Ireland's Gingerbread Animation are teaming-up on new children's animated comedy series Space Chickens in Space. Created by José C. García de Letona and Rita Street, with Jordan Gaucher serving […]
As Netflix's Narcos readies its fourth season mission to Mexico to tackle the Guadalajara cartel, it's enlisting some big screen heavy hitters in the form of Ant-Man's Michael Peña and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's Diego Luna for the show's new season. Created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro; with Eric […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Isabel Quintero and Zeke Pena's graphic novel Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide is a biography of Graciela Iturbide, an influential Mexican photographer who focused on intimate portraits of Mexico's indigenous peoples. The book is hardcover and well made, with a solid feel when held without making you wonder if your hand will fall off […]
Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Documentary Now) will be taking HBO viewers on a tour of a very "special" Mexico City, as the actor/writer/comedian is set to write, executive produce and star in the Spanish-language half-hour pilot Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen. Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres will write, co-executive produce, and star alongside Armisen, with […]
A couple of years ago Kermit the frog stopped being known as "La Rana Rene" in Latin-America. However, he is still known in an unofficial way by that name. Just like I still buy a Marathon chocolate bar rather than "Snickers" as it says on the label. In the central state of San Luis Potosi in Mexico, […]
This weekend sees the London Super Comic Con. I'll be there on the Saturday, check for me at the Avatar booth if you want to say hi. But there are plenty of other conventional matters occurring around the world… Such as San Diego's parking lottery and Reed Expo heading to China. And such as Jill Thompson who […]
